The Board has granted an earlier effective date of September 13, 2010 for the award of special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance status due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran required personal assistance from others due to his service-connected disabilities, which met the criteria for aid and attendance under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- autonomic dysreflexia with impairment of anal sphincter control, autonomic dysreflexia with neurogenic bladder and impairment of urinary sphincter control, residuals of traumatic myelitis with impairment of cervical roots of cervical area and atrophy of shoulder girdle muscles of the right upper extremity, residuals of cervical spine fracture with cord injury and spasticity of the left lower extremity, residuals of cervical spine fracture with cord injury and spasticity of the right lower extremity, residuals of fracture of the cervical spine with loss of fifth cervical vertebra and limitation of motion, residuals of traumatic myelitis with impairment of cervical roots of cervical area and atrophy of the shoulder girdle muscle of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19118486
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